Uterine supporter



0. P. LONG. Uterine-Supporter.

No. 224,452. Patented Feb. 10,1880.

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CORNELIUS P. LONG, OF IAYNES STORE, TEXAS.

UTERINE SUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 224,452 dated February 10, 1880.

' 1 Application filed January 17,1880.

To all whom t't may concern:

Be it known that I, OoaNELIns P. Lolvcr,

of Paynes Store, in the county of Hunt and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pessaries; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the'same, reference being had to the annexed' drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a perspective view of my pessary. Fig. 2 is a perspective detail view, and Fig. 3 is a detail view.

This invention has relation to pessaries; and it consists in-the improvements hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

A is the belt or-bandage, provided with the pads a a and stiffener a and the straps a, B B are elastic bands,

to the straps to and adjusted in position at will. G is a stem-seat, provided withthe arms or flan ges 0, one of which extends from each of the four corners-of the stem-seat. The tubes are'slitted at 0 in such a manner as to admit the arms of the stem-seat to be in troduced'and' retained by the elasticity of the tube.

1) is the stem of the 'supporter,'which* is curved, as shown; and D is the supporter .of the supporter may be changed from that described to suit requirements of difi'erent cases. A

What I claim is- 'In a pessary, the combination of the spongecushioned rigid base 0, to which is firmly attached the stem Dof the pessary, provided withthe arms a, with the rubber tubes B B, slitted at c to receive the arms 0, as and for the purposes set forth.

- Intestimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses. t

CORNELIUS, PRUETT LONG.

Witnesses:

T. E. BEIMAN, JNo..G. Bone. 

